Time flies quickly! It seems that the Hyundai brand has already recently entered the crossover segment with his primary Santa Fe. And today, this indignant handsome man is sold already in the fourth generation - and even with such a supper appearance, which one will defiate not every family SUV.
The first impression from the new Santa Fe is surprise. It turns out that you can make a car with a "multi-storey" optics so that it looks cool! But it turned out not all. Recall at least a modern Jeep Cherokee. His creators had to surrender under pressure from the public and replace the front with six "eyes" to a more traditional ...
Designers Santa Fe Work on errors seems to not threaten. Many fans in absentia approved his new appearance. In Russia, before the start of sales, manufacturers received more orders than expected. It seems that customers were not disappointed - because the live car looks even better than in the photo.
But if there is no questions to the style, then the practicality of the design is in doubt. Having moved down the head optics hit the zone of increased risk. If earlier, taped an obstacle, you could get scratch on the bumper, now under the blow - a dear block of LEDs. And in favor of the design I had to abandon your headlight washer ...
In the fourth generation, the crossover retained related ties. He stands on the same chassis as Kia Sorento Prime. Streeting the body for 7 centimeters, Santa Fe is almost Doros to its 4,8-meter fellow and sent the elongated version of Grand on par. Now the usual version is offered both with five and seven seven places.
The interior pleases with a good decor and the original "puff" torpedo. Even over the panel in front of the driver, the designers built a wisdom "sandwich" from the visors, drowned the devices into a deep outer. Despite this, they are read well. In the rich versions in the middle of the panel - a screen with a virtual speedometer, which changes the design depending on the ride mode.
Multimedia screen in the last fashion sticks out of the center console. The system is quite frisky, with a good picture. Special thanks for the circular review cameras that are included in the top version of High Tech. However, for some "buns" will have to pay extra even here. Among them - a projection display and a panoramic roof.
Sorry, the list of options does not contain a pair of more useful things. In it, for example, no windshield heating and remote engine start. In addition, the automatic mode of windows would like to see not only on the driver's door. Yet the car is not budget ...
Otherwise, there are no complaints about the comfort. The driver's seat is hard, with excellent side support. Settings are changed by electric drives in 14 parameters, including a lumbar subport. The review is good, since the racks are not too thick, and the mirrors are slightly attributed back. By the way, now they "grow" from the doors, and not from the racks.
And the salon is replete with a variety of caches and niches for small things. Some are hidden in the folds of the torpedo. For example, in front of the front passenger, one of the "layers" forms a comfortable niche for a smartphone. Practical deep boxers are also on the central tunnel and under the armrest lid.
Our equipment is a five-seater, so the gallery will not even climb the tall riddles. With an increase in almost 190 centimeters, I easily sit down "myself". Need more space? Two separate sections of the sofa ride back and forth on sled. And in High Tech for the rear sedimons, heating is provided. Beauty!
Behind the seats of space a bit. If you put the third row, there will be enough children. Yes, and for the trunk "air" almost will not remain. It is also good, additional chairs are folded into a smooth floor, and a spare wheel in any case is full-size. True, it is suspended outside, under the bottom near the rear bumper.
Security systems show touching, almost parental care. If the sensors "feel" the passenger on the gallery when the ignition is turned off, they will give a signal so that the driver does not forget in the cabin kids or animals. And the electronics will not allow you to unlock the children's lock if another car passes nearby. Santa Fe power gamma in Russia is modest - one gasoline unit and one diesel. We got a top 200-strong option on "heavy fuel". Turbated 2.2 CRDI sign on the past generation of crossover. However, the gearbox here is new. The hydromechanical "automatic" with eight bands "digest" larger traction and faster snaps speed.
Transmissions in the ACP are widely separated, but the first is short enough. Slide the engine at the start it will not be particularly possible, the car is removed from the place with a small delay. But then the dynamics becomes confident and smooth, as applies to the family SUV. Favorite Santa Fe ride style - hurry hurry. And the truth: where to drive something?
The steering is configured to become the engine and the box. The variable force is logical: the parking lot is lightweight, at speed - noticeably heavy. True, some artificiality is felt in the sharp turns. The car seems to resist: I, they say, has not yet decided whether it is worth going there. But on the straight highway and in smooth turns of Santa Fe - adequacy itself.
Switching rolling modes to the behavior of the machine does not affect much. I liked the Smart SMART version. It's nice that its settings are not reset when the ignition is turned off. Yes, and the electronic "nannies" at Hyundai is surprisingly good. The control system for marking does not lose vigilance even in the dark on the wet and dirty road. And cruise control clearly reacts to the travelers and slows down in front of obstacles.
The suspension has saved the predecessor architecture - the front McPherson rack and the rear multi-phase. But without modernization it did not cost. Engineers moved the attachment points of the levers, installed other aluminum fists. Rear changed the angle of the shock absorbers, which, besides, received the mechanism of auto-shock. Now the machine holds ground clearance when loading up to 200 kilograms.
But the main thing, the Santa Fe chassis has become more energy intensive. Now it is more difficult to "break through" on deep pits and ughab. At the same time, the crossover retains an elastic flow on a flat road. And only on gravel ripples or translated asphalt no, no, but a small shiver appears - such roads Hyundai still does not like.
There is progress and in terms of sound insulation. Especially - motor compartment. At idle diesel is practically not heard. Yes, and at speeds up to 120-130 kilometers per hour, it does not create excess noise. There is much more obsessing the "orchestra" of tires. Weakness! Wheel arches isolation will certainly become one of the first "upgrades" after the purchase.
What exactly should not be done on Santa Fe, it is to ride off the road. The declared clearance of 185 millimeters is small, but it is significantly liquefied by the engine protection and low-hanging exhaust tract. From the forced blocking of the coupling, which connects the rear axle, is not a sense. For the sake of interest, I tried to hang one of the wheels on the Ugab. The car helplessly bounced and left only after the swing when the wrapped wheel "hipged" with a solid soil.
But in terms of savings, our Hyundai has proven himself an approximate family man. On the highway at rates 90-100 kilometers per hour, the average consumption was below 7 liters. In a mixed cycle (route, city and a little snow-covered virgin), it took about 10 liters per hundred. And only in urban mode with traffic jams "appetite" increased to 13.
What is the result? I like that Santa Fe is not trying to jump above and pretend to be what it is not. He does not break into premium, does not shout about exceptional off-road or driver characteristics. It is quite satisfied with the status of a comfortable, economical and stylish family crossover. With this role he copes perfectly.
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